ATCEMS EA Meet & Confer Agreement 2018

reprimands shall be initiated by the Uniformed Staff member's immediate supervisor. The "immediate supervisor"' is the one who had immediate supervisory responsibility over the Uniformed Staff member at the time of the incident. If a higher-ranking supervisor witnesses the violation, that higher ranking supervisor may direct the immediate supervisor to initiate a written reprimand after discussing the incident with the immediate supervisor. b) If a written counseling or written reprimand is issued to a Uniformed Staffmember, the written counseling or written reprimand may not be placed in the Uniformed Staff member's departmental personnel file unless the Uniformed Staffmember is first given an opportunity to read and sign the document. If the Uniformed Staff member refuses to sign the document, it may be placed in the personnel file with a notation that the person refused to sign it. A Uniformed Staffmember may respond in writing to a written counseling or written reprimand by submitting a written response to the Office of Professional Conduct (OPC) not later than the 10th day after the date the Uniformed Staffmember is asked to sign the document. c) A written reprimand shall not be used or relied upon in connection with any future corrective action or discipline after 12 months from the date of its approval. If a written reprimand is offered as proof of progressive discipline in a disciplinary appeal hearing, any written response that was timely filed by the Uniformed Staff member shall be offered in evidence with the written reprimand.

ARTICLE 16 DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND APPEALS

Suspensions of Three (3) Days or Less

Section 1.

It is understood that most Uniformed Staff members will make some errors during their career involving rule violations, including those who are good, professional Medics. The parties agree that short disciplinary suspensions are for the purpose of reinforcing the need for compliance with Departmental standards and not necessarily as punishment.

Appealable and Non-Appealable Suspensions

a)

The parties agree that when a Uniformed Staff member is suspended for 1, 2, or 3 days, the Uniformed Staff member may choose one of two methods of dealing with the suspensions as listed below. (1) Suspensions that may not be appealed. The Uniformed Staff member may choose to use vacation or holiday time to serve the suspension with no loss of paid salary and no break in service for purposes of seniority, retirement, promotion, or any other purpose. The Uniformed Staff member must agree that there is no right to appeal if this method of suspension is chosen. (2) Suspensions that may be appealed. The Uniformed Staff member may appeal the suspension to the Civil Service Commission or a third-party Hearing Examiner. If the Uniformed Staff member chooses to appeal the suspension, the Civil Service Commission or Hearing Officer's authority is limited to ruling on whether or 52